Chelsea, there were many of our previous Fringy Minis.
I actually have things I wanted to speak on,
but this one just stands out so much
as something I need to update.
And update, okay.
That we can talk about, that it has to win out.
I've been waiting so long to use this article,
so here it is.
You've been sitting on this, okay.
Yeah, now Chelsea, we both, well, I shouldn't say this
because it takes the mystery out of the eyes
of our listeners here.
But online dating is tough.
You know, obviously the hardest part about online dating
is having to talk to people.
But what if AI could get rid of that?
Well, of course.
Are we talking about AI Ouija again?
Almost.
That one actually seems more useful than this.
But just hold on to something because this is just bizarre.
I'm holding on.
NBC News by Decia Tolentino on May 10th, 2024.
Title, AI Personas Are the Future of Dating,
Bumble Founder Says, Many Aren't By.
Whitney Wolfe Heard, Founder and Executive Chair of Bumble
said that dating app wants to use AI
to create more healthy and equitable relationships.
The future of dating could be filled
with digital artificial intelligence-powered personas
setting each other up according to the founder
of a popular dating app.
Bumble, founder Whitney Wolfe Heard,
speaking Thursday at the Bloomberg Tech Summit
in San Francisco said that her company
is considering how AI can assist and empower women
in their search for connections.
One particular use of AI that Heard mentioned
has gained traction online.
Although not everyone liked the idea,
Heard proposed a scenario in which singles
could use AI dating concierges as stand-ins for themselves
when reaching out to the prospective partners online.
Quote, there is a world where your dating concierge
could go and date for you with other dating concierges,
and then you don't have to talk to 600 people.
End quote, she said during the summit.
AI-powered dating assistants have gotten more attention
recently such as profile enhancers like yourmove.ai
or simulated chatbots like Voler.
The rise of generative AI that can learn
to mimic particular people has led to plenty
of speculation around how it could be used
in the romantic arena, particularly as some people
have grown disillusioned with and given up on dating apps.
There's some healthy skepticism over whether AI
is the answer, a clip of Heard at the Bloomberg summit
gained over 10 million views on X,
where some people expressed uneasiness
about the idea of AI-based dating scene.
Some compared it to episodes of Black Mirror,
a Netflix series that explores
dystopian uses of technology.
Others felt that the use of AI in dating
would exacerbate the isolation and loneliness
that people have been feeling in recent years.
Heard said that she wants to use AI
to teach people how to date better
and quote, create more healthy and equitable relationships.
Unquote, she suggested AI dating concierges
can help people unpack their dating concerns
and give tips for communicating with matches.
A Bumble spokesperson reiterated this sentiment
in an email to NBC News, the spokesperson said,
the company can see a future where AI
can continue to foster positive relationships.
Quote, Bumble is a place to make safe,
kind and authentic connections,
helping people to meet online
to then take the connection offline.
And quote, the spokesperson said,
the spokesperson also said that Bumble
has incorporated several AI powered features
into the app, including its for you match recommendations page,
its spam profile detector and its lewd image blocker.
Heard also shared insight on the direction Bumble
is heading following its recent rebrand, quote,
we will not be a dating app in a few years,
dating will be a component,
but we will be a true human connection platform.
This is where you will meet anyone you want to meet,
a hiking buddy, a mahjong buddy,
whatever you're looking for, end quote.
An AI buddy, it's not even just an exist, necessarily.
So imagine if you will, a dating profile saying like,
hey, we're just gonna pretend to be you,
to other AI's that are pretending to be other people,
and we'll see if we work with anybody,
and we'll tell you if we hit it off.
No, I mean, I'm not on the dating app scene at all,
but I mean, I would feel very uncomfortable
if it were me, because AI can present like.
It can lie, it can lie really bad.
It can lie, but it could also present this idea of you
that's not necessarily you,
and then is it even telling you that it's AI?
It might be or might not?
Like that just seems like misrepresentation
that you're talking to.
Well, and I also feel that even if it takes
like your entire online persona,
like not just your bubble app, which let's face it,
nobody's putting 100% of themselves in their profile.
Or any social media.
Don't wanna date for some reason,
like you're just putting it up there
so that nobody wants to touch you.
But.
That's weird.
I just don't think, like people don't show enough
of themselves online to say like,
yep, AI can give 100% satisfaction guaranteed,
date with another AI online,
and tell you exactly how that will go.
But that like best case scenario,
what's it just like AI interacting with AI?
And also I wanna know how.
And then two robots fall in love.
That's also what I would like to see,
is like how far it gets.
Does it say like you might be a good fit?
We ended up fucking, like is that what tells you
about the other AI?
Or is it this relationship will result
in two years of happiness,
12 years of uneasiness, three children, and a divorce?
That'd be crazy.
Yeah, so I'm just serious.
Okay, they may proceed if they can do that.
That's an interesting, it is an episode of Black Mirror.
If that's, it is in fact an episode of Black Mirror
from what I've heard.
If it does do that,
I think I'd just have to create a bumble persona
just to like, see those outcomes.
It'd be fun.
I guess so.
Is the Black Mirror episode based on you?
Maybe.
And also, if this is what you really want,
just hire somebody out of India to do it for you.
Like then you can at least talk to the person,
you know they're not lying.
It's true.
And then they study you and become you.
Yeah.
And then you can also be an actor studying to be Jack Sparrow.
Yeah, but yeah, that's where AI is at.
I mean, it's also being used in war right now
to murder people like profoundly, but this is the episode.
Options are limitless.
It's also being currently used as a Ouija board.
So, and studied by Friar Bernadette.
What do you think Friar Bernadette has to say about this?
Friar Bernadette's AI has fucked so many people.
He's the proud one.
All of the sins are in it.
You're hitting this.
All of the sins are in his AI.
Who's this article written by, by the way?
Friar Bernadette.
Desia Tolentino, probably Friar Bernadette's sexy AI.
It's his AI for some reason.
But yeah, I mean, in a world of isolation,
which capitalism has brought upon us,
it is at the end of the day,
what Lace's capitalism has theorized,
bring to us and brung it has.
Don't worry, they're training AI to make us lonelier.
They're taking away the good jobs.
They're taking away the social interactions.
Aren't you happy about that?
Yeah, you don't even have to sit around
with the circle of people to play the Ouija board anymore.
And that's three Ouija board references.
Are we sponsored by Hasbro?
Is we really not yet?
I hope to be soon though.
Yeah, we're doing one of those reverse sponsorships
that we're very known for.
Patent did in fact, future patent.
But in any event, let's see how many people
you can slew through with your online dating AI
in the next 48 hours.
And then we'll see you and your very ethically tainted AI
back here in 48 hours.